Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
Don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you think. And don't try to read my mind, because it's full of disappearing ink.
Quotes to Explore
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Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.
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But I started it when I was going through a transitional time in my life. At the end of it, it really sort of symbolized it. I had made room to change, and room to grow. I recorded it in a little room.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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Yes, I'm obsessed with health, which has been an interesting journey. I went down the raw-food diet route, but got ill. It was really hard, especially in Britain in winter, trying to survive on raw carrots. I became so ill and anemic, so I stopped that and became a vitamin junkie. I just ate lots of vegetables, exercised and breathed.
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable, but we've also been sucking precious finite resources from our environment ever since.
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My grandpa would come in with water and flick it on our faces at 6 A.M. and be like, 'If you don't get up to feed the horses, you don't get to ride them.' We'd get up.
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I can't do any competitive sport myself!
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I think the technology will get bigger and the price of Bitcoin will go up, so I'm speculating to increase my purchasing power. But I don't intend to sell the Bitcoin. I intend to hold it until there's a day where I can just use Bitcoin completely.
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I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.
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I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.
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I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.
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If everything is the same, nothing is special.
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I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
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I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.
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People are more optimistic about Detroit outside of Detroit.
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Don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you think. And don't try to read my mind, because it's full of disappearing ink.
